Chaoborus flavicans (Meigen, 1830)

Bang, Woo Jun & Shin, Seunggwan, 2023, A new species of the Chaoborus flavicans complex (Diptera, Chaoboridae) in South Korea, Zootaxa 5360 (1), pp. 57-81 : 59

Species list of C. flavicans complex

Chaoborus flavicans ( Meigen, 1830) . Type locality: Germany ( Giles 1902, Borkent 2014)

Chaoborus albipes ( Johannsen, 1903) . Type locality: Ithaca, New York, USA ( Borkent 2014).

Chaoborus posio Salmela, 2021 . Type locality: Posio, Lapland, Finland ( Salmela et al. 2021b)

Chaoborus pseudoflavicans sp. nov. Type locality: Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do, Korea

Diagnosis. Adult male. See Salmela et al. (2021b) for morphological details. Flagellomeres annulated circularform with partly darked or pale whorl bases. Scutellar stripes light brown to almost black with pale lateral stripes. Legs mostly light brown with darkened apical tarsomeres. Paramere of male hypopygium elongated, conspicuous apical claw, slightly curved or straight.

Pupa. Mid rib of terminal process slightly darkened than lateral ribs, outer rib of terminal process smooth with no spines.

IV instar larva. Mandibular tooth 3 (subordinate tooth) placed in at the middle of tooth 2 and tooth 4. Lateral teeth inconspicuous (shorter than first lateral tooth) or conspicuous (long as first lateral tooth) and elongated labral blades.